Principal Investigator(s):Hershberg, Theodore, University of Pennsylvania

Summary:

This component of the Philadelphia Social History Project highlights Philadelphia manufacturing industry data collected in census years 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880. Business level data includes company name, type of business, amount of capital, and number of active months per year. Workforce information includes average number of male, female, and child employees, occupations, average wages per month by sex, and total wages per year. Production details for each manufacturing firm consist of type of power used, horsepower, number and types of mac... (more info)

This component of the Philadelphia Social History Project highlights Philadelphia manufacturing industry data collected in census years 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880. Business level data includes company name, type of business, amount of capital, and number of active months per year. Workforce information includes average number of male, female, and child employees, occupations, average wages per month by sex, and total wages per year. Production details for each manufacturing firm consist of type of power used, horsepower, number and types of machines, value and number of materials, and value and number of products. Geographic variables include district, ward, x- and y-coordinates, street name, and street direction.

Universe:
Manufacturing firms in the city of Philadelphia, PA during the census years 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880.

Data Types:
census/enumeration data

Data Collection Notes:

The deposited files for this collection featured two data files identified as "1860 Cards 5 and 6." These files have been named "1860 Cards 5 and 6 Materials and Products (1)" and "1860 Cards 5 and 6 Materials and Products (2)," and are included as datasets 9 and 10, respectively. No additional information was provided.

Methodology

Study Purpose:
The purpose of the manufacturing component of the Philadelphia Social History Project is to allow researchers to reconstruct the spatial location of employment by industry, as well as the web of relations among manufacturing firms.

Time Method:
Cross-sectional

Weight:
The data are not weighted.

Mode of Data Collection:
record abstracts

Extent of Processing: ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of
disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major
statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to
these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection: